Did April Fools Day Come Early This Year?

by argo0 on Feb 28, 2007 1:34 PM EST

ESPN.com is reporting that Manny wants to retire as a member of the Red Sox:
http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/spring2007/news/story?id=2782750

If this news is to be believed, I think this is great news -- he's one of the best hitters in the game, and I'm not sure any left fielder can replace his offense. That being said, forgive me if history causes me to feel a bit skeptical.

Poll

Will Manny Ask to be Traded in 2007?

Yes -- Why should 2007 be any different than any of the past three years?

12 votes

No -- Manny figures his best chance of getting traded is to pretend to be happy, thereby giving the Red Sox the leverage they need to do better than 75 cents on the dollar in a trade.

4 votes

No -- Rather than go public with his trade request, Manny is about to embark on a string of "injuries" like the one he had last Fall, which will cause the Red Sox to do whatever it takes to get rid of him.

0 votes

No -- Manny has genuinely turned a new leaf, and looks forward to being a Red Sox for the rest of his career.

4 votes

20 votes | Poll has closed

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Re: Did April Fools Day Come Early This Year?

I'm a big Manny fan, but if he doesn't request to be traded by the beginning of November (and July is more likely), I'll be really surprised.

by Devine @ Over the Monster on Feb 28, 2007 6:47 PM EST reply actions

Re: Did April Fools Day Come Early This Year?

He'll request a trade...forget about in next year's spring training...request a trade...forget about it in spring training...request a trade...eventually realize he's a free agent already...

"Your best? Losers always whine about 'giving it their best.' Winners go home and fuck the prom queen." "Carla was the prom queen."

by Saberrox on Feb 28, 2007 11:50 PM EST reply actions

Re: Did April Fools Day Come Early This Year?

The thing you have to understand about Manny is that he has a love/hate relationship with Boston. Every season he shows up to Spring Training, happy as a clam to be a Red Sox, and by mid-summer he always wants out.

I believe Manny really does like playing here. All professionals are competitive individuals, and I think Manny's much happier playing here than in a small market, like KC. He's a hero in a city where baseball is akin to religion. That being said, I know he hates the suffocating lack of privacy that comes with it. We'll see a trade request from Manny when he gets tired of being sequestered in his penthouse apartment--late June, I think. Balancing the equation is the fact that his wife is from Boston and their kid has friends here.

"You know you're having a bad day when the fifth inning rolls around and they drag the warning track." - Mike Flanagan, Baltimore Orioles pitcher, 1992.

by SoxDevil on Mar 1, 2007 9:30 AM EST reply actions

Re: Did April Fools Day Come Early This Year?

Definitely agree, I could see him walking around Boston in the off-season and loving the praise that fans give him and even coming into spring training loving the passion Boston fans show him, then as the season goes on slowly get more and more tired/frustrated with the bombardment of the media and a****s like CHB criticizing him for nothing to the point that he wants out...which then the off-season comes and while the FO is searching for a reasonable trade, the season is over so he's not being bombanded by the media anymore, and all he sees is the good side of playing for a team with a passionate fan base, and goes back to wanted to play for the sox

by Realistic on Mar 1, 2007 9:48 AM EST up reply actions

Re: Did April Fools Day Come Early This Year?

I am a Manny aoplogist. When I sat down and looked at his stats they boggled my mind. Short of Ted Williams, there has never been a red sox player to put up the type of OBP/slugging/AVG/BB to K etc. He is a pain in the butt. Of course he is. But what if fortunes had gone awry and right now we were counting on J.D Drew to protect Ortiz? Or Mike Lowell? Not going to work. THis combination has to stay together.

by redsoxcoffeeguy @ Over the Monster on Mar 3, 2007 10:09 PM EST reply actions